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Thithaven Lake (Italian Lake) – Rivington Pike Tower loop from Rivington

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Thithaven Lake (Italian Lake) – Rivington Pike Tower loop from Rivington

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Thithaven Lake (Italian Lake) – Rivington Pike Tower loop from Rivington

03:49

13.4km

290m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 7, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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1.85 km

Pigeon Tower (Dovecote Tower), Rivington

Highlight • Historical Site

The Pigeon Tower (AKA The Dovecote Tower) was built in 1910 by Lord Leverhulme as part of the Rivington Estate. The lower two floors where home to ornamental and rare species of pigeon and dove with the third floor kept as a sitting room with amazing views. Lady Leverholme used to enjoy sewing here.

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1.86 km

Stone-arched entrance to Rivington Pike

Highlight • Historical Site

nice area, lovely views

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2.06 km

Thithaven Lake (Italian Lake)

Highlight • Viewpoint

Italian lake - one of many beauty spots in this area once owned by Lord Lever and his family. Stair cases lead up to the Pigeon tower, closest parking would be top two car parks Rivington

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2.94 km

Rivington Pike Tower

Highlight • Viewpoint

Built in 1733 from the remains of a beacon platform and pit and from local stone from the River Douglas and wood from the surrounding hills, Grade 2 listed Rivington Pike Tower was formerly used as a hunting lodge by Squire John Andrews, sheltering shooting parties out on a jolly from Rivington Hall. After decades of disrepair and vandalism the castellated top has been renovated, the roof and chimney replaced, and the door and windows bricked up. Inside, and now unable to be seen, are a fireplace and a small stone-flagged cellar. Due to erosion the doorway now stands a good forty inches above the soil rendering the Tower’s foundations clearly visible

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2.95 km

View from the Pike

Highlight • Viewpoint

Had an amazing cloud inversion on my visit

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4.90 km

Noon Hill Bronze Age burial cairn

Highlight • Natural Monument

On the edge of the summit of Noon Hill stands a Bronze Age burial cairn. Measuring some twenty-one metres in diameter, it is bounded by a stone kerb which encircles a mound. A cremated burial sat at the heart of the structure, and wooden posts were driven into the monument, encircling its stony core.
Earth was heaped up into the space between the central stony heart and the surrounding kerb. The soil placed in there had once been the ground where people had sat, chipping flint tools. Further cremations and grave goods were dug into the cairn during the Bronze Age and perhaps people processed up to it on special days, to honour their dead ancestors. After the Bronze Age passed, the remains of those that lay there were lost from memory, and it rested undisturbed for three and a half thousand years

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9.73 km

Lead Mine Clough

Highlight • Historical Site

Old mining area with several water falls - great paths

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10.7 km

Yarrow Reservoir

Highlight • Lake

This reservoir is named after the River Yarrow and is set within the stunning landscapes of the Yarrow Valley, a peaceful rural area with superb views all around.

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11.0 km

Yarrow Reservoir

Lake

12.3 km

Church Hill Wood

Forest

13.4 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

8.74 km

1.77 km

1.74 km

1.00 km

Surfaces

3.04 km

2.97 km

2.96 km

2.40 km

1.42 km

480 m

Elevation

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Highest point (370 m)

Lowest point (130 m)

Weather

Sunday 30 August

17°C

12°C

72 %

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Thithaven Lake (Italian Lake) – Rivington Pike Tower loop from Rivington

Pigeon Tower (Dovecote Tower), Rivington

Stone-arched entrance to Rivington Pike

Thithaven Lake (Italian Lake)

Rivington Pike Tower

View from the Pike

Noon Hill Bronze Age burial cairn

Lead Mine Clough

Yarrow Reservoir

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